Best Memoir Books | Summaries & Audio

Memoir Book Summaries

Letters

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2012

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

4.09

1k+

📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

Letters

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 pages

4.09

1k+ ratings

📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

Doglapan

by Ashneer Grover • 2022

A $2.8 billion startup, a boardroom coup, and the founder who refuses to stay silent.

3.76

2k+

🏢 Indian Startups ✍️ Founder Memoir ⚔️ Boardroom Battles 💰 Venture Capital 🥀 Corporate Betrayal

Doglapan

A $2.8 billion startup, a boardroom coup, and the founder who refuses to stay silent.

by Ashneer Grover 2022 202 pages

3.76

2k+ ratings

🏢 Indian Startups ✍️ Founder Memoir ⚔️ Boardroom Battles 💰 Venture Capital 🥀 Corporate Betrayal

Ghost Boy

by Martin Pistorius • 2011

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

4.05

28k+

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Caregiver Devotion

Ghost Boy

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

by Martin Pistorius 2011 288 pages

4.05

28k+ ratings

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Caregiver Devotion

Reading with Patrick

by Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

4.16

6k+

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Reading with Patrick

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

by Michelle Kuo 2017 296 pages

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Son of Hamas

by Mosab Hassan Yousef • 2011

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

4.24

18k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs 🚪 Exit Narratives ☮️ Christian Pacifism

Son of Hamas

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011 265 pages

4.24

18k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs 🚪 Exit Narratives ☮️ Christian Pacifism

Recovery

by Russell Brand • 2017

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

3.93

12k+

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🔍 Self Examination

Recovery

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

by Russell Brand 2017 288 pages

3.93

12k+ ratings

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🔍 Self Examination

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

by Catherine Gray • 2017

Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.

4.32

15k+

🛑 Alcohol Recovery 📖 Quit Lit ✍️ Sobriety Memoir 🤔 Sober Curious 🍸 Drinking Culture

The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

Sobriety isn't deprivation. It's the joy you've been chasing at the bottom of every glass.

by Catherine Gray 2017 274 pages

4.32

15k+ ratings

🛑 Alcohol Recovery 📖 Quit Lit ✍️ Sobriety Memoir 🤔 Sober Curious 🍸 Drinking Culture

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Cross and the Switchblade

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963 176 pages

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

Lone Survivor

by Marcus Luttrell • 2006

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

4.34

100k+

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives ⚖️ Rules Of Engagement 🧠 Combat Trauma

Lone Survivor

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

by Marcus Luttrell 2006 390 pages

4.34

100k+ ratings

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives ⚖️ Rules Of Engagement 🧠 Combat Trauma

Guitar Zero

by Gary F. Marcus • 2012

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

3.64

2k+

🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Guitar Zero

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

by Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 pages

3.64

2k+ ratings

🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Tweak

by Nic Sheff • 2008

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

3.99

47k+

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Tweak

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

by Nic Sheff 2008 336 pages

3.99

47k+ ratings

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Red Notice

by Bill Browder • 2015

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

4.44

100k+

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Red Notice

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

by Bill Browder 2015 380 pages

4.44

100k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Indaba My Children

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa • 1964

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

4.41

450

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths 🕯️ Ancestral Veneration 📜 Oral History

Indaba My Children

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964 696 pages

4.41

450 ratings

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths 🕯️ Ancestral Veneration 📜 Oral History

10% Happier

by Dan Harris • 2014

A skeptical journalist's case for meditation: a 10% happiness gain with no mysticism required.

3.91

100k+

🧘 Secular Mindfulness 🗣️ Inner Critic 🙂 Emotional Regulation 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Ego Management

10% Happier

A skeptical journalist's case for meditation: a 10% happiness gain with no mysticism required.

by Dan Harris 2014 256 pages

3.91

100k+ ratings

🧘 Secular Mindfulness 🗣️ Inner Critic 🙂 Emotional Regulation 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Ego Management

Go Higher

by Big Sean • 2025

A rapper's practices for turning inner chaos into purpose, without losing yourself in the climb.

4.29

500+

🌟 Celebrity Self-Help ✨ Manifestation 💰 Money Mindset 🤲 Self-Acceptance 🚧 Boundary Setting

Go Higher

A rapper's practices for turning inner chaos into purpose, without losing yourself in the climb.

by Big Sean 2025 288 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Self-Help ✨ Manifestation 💰 Money Mindset 🤲 Self-Acceptance 🚧 Boundary Setting

To Selena, With Love

by Chris Pérez • 2012

A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.

4.65

9k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 💔 Grief And Loss 🎤 Behind The Music 🌟 Cultural Icons 🌎 Latino Memoirs

To Selena, With Love

A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.

by Chris Pérez 2012 304 pages

4.65

9k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 💔 Grief And Loss 🎤 Behind The Music 🌟 Cultural Icons 🌎 Latino Memoirs

Undisputed Truth

by Mike Tyson • 2013

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

4.17

11k+

🥊 Boxing Memoirs 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction 🔄 Addiction And Recovery ⚡ Toxic Masculinity

Undisputed Truth

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

by Mike Tyson 2013 592 pages

4.17

11k+ ratings

🥊 Boxing Memoirs 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction 🔄 Addiction And Recovery ⚡ Toxic Masculinity

Crying in H Mart

by Michelle Zauner • 2021

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

4.23

600k+

🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Parental Caregiving

Crying in H Mart

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

by Michelle Zauner 2021 256 pages

4.23

600k+ ratings

🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Parental Caregiving

A Freewheelin' Time

by Suze Rotolo • 2008

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

3.85

4k+

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

by Suze Rotolo 2008 369 pages

3.85

4k+ ratings

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

Desert Flower

by Waris Dirie • 1998

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

4.25

42k+

🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

Desert Flower

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

by Waris Dirie 1998 240 pages

4.25

42k+ ratings

🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

Total Recall

by Arnold Schwarzenegger • 2012

How a farm boy who went AWOL for a bodybuilding trophy took Hollywood, then Sacramento.

4.17

23k+

🗽 Immigrant Stories 🎬 Hollywood Careers 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🔄 Career Reinvention 🏠 Real Estate Investing

Total Recall

How a farm boy who went AWOL for a bodybuilding trophy took Hollywood, then Sacramento.

by Arnold Schwarzenegger 2012 656 pages

4.17

23k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Stories 🎬 Hollywood Careers 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🔄 Career Reinvention 🏠 Real Estate Investing

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Matthew Perry • 2022

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

3.94

400k+

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

by Matthew Perry 2022 250 pages

3.94

400k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

by W. Phillip Keller • 1982

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

4.39

1k+

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog 📖 Spiritual Allegory 🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog

Lessons from a Sheep Dog

A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.

by W. Phillip Keller 1982 96 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Devotional 🐕 Animal Memoir 🐾 Rescued Dog 📖 Spiritual Allegory 🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog

Losing My Virginity

by Richard Branson • 1998

A dyslexic teen, a student magazine, and a borrowed plane: the improbable rise of Richard Branson.

4.00

57k+

🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Building 🎲 Calculated Risk 👥 People-First Culture 💥 Market Disruption

Losing My Virginity

A dyslexic teen, a student magazine, and a borrowed plane: the improbable rise of Richard Branson.

by Richard Branson 1998 624 pages

4.00

57k+ ratings

🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Building 🎲 Calculated Risk 👥 People-First Culture 💥 Market Disruption

The Resilience Project

by Hugh van Cuylenburg • 2019

A Himalayan boy's daily practice became a happiness program now in 1,400 schools.

4.31

13k+

🧠 Positive Psychology 💪 Resilience Building 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💖 Empathy And Kindness 📱 Digital Wellbeing

The Resilience Project

A Himalayan boy's daily practice became a happiness program now in 1,400 schools.

by Hugh van Cuylenburg 2019 304 pages

4.31

13k+ ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 💪 Resilience Building 🙏 Gratitude Practice 💖 Empathy And Kindness 📱 Digital Wellbeing

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

13k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Sex Object

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016 172 pages

3.66

13k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Am I Being Too Subtle?

by Sam Zell • 2017

When markets panicked, Sam Zell bought. His only insurance: knowing he could survive the worst case.

4.24

3k+

🧱 Contrarian Investing 🛡️ Risk Management 🤝 Aligned Incentives 📈 Market Cycles 🌍 Global Markets

Am I Being Too Subtle?

When markets panicked, Sam Zell bought. His only insurance: knowing he could survive the worst case.

by Sam Zell 2017 235 pages

4.24

3k+ ratings

🧱 Contrarian Investing 🛡️ Risk Management 🤝 Aligned Incentives 📈 Market Cycles 🌍 Global Markets

The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

by Mikhail Tal • 1978

Won the world chess crown at 23. Lost it a year later. His body was breaking.

4.50

500+

🕰️ Chess History 🇷🇺 Soviet Chess ⚔️ Attacking Chess 🧠 Chess Intuition 🎭 Chess Psychology

The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

Won the world chess crown at 23. Lost it a year later. His body was breaking.

by Mikhail Tal 1978 496 pages

4.50

500+ ratings

🕰️ Chess History 🇷🇺 Soviet Chess ⚔️ Attacking Chess 🧠 Chess Intuition 🎭 Chess Psychology

An Ordinary Man

by Paul Rusesabagina • 2006

Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.

4.19

6k+

🇷🇼 Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Memoir 🕊️ Genocide Survival 🏛️ Colonial Legacy ⚔️ Ethnic Violence

An Ordinary Man

Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.

by Paul Rusesabagina 2006

4.19

6k+ ratings

🇷🇼 Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Memoir 🕊️ Genocide Survival 🏛️ Colonial Legacy ⚔️ Ethnic Violence

India Wins Freedom

by Abul Kalam Azad • 1978

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

4.21

1k+

🇮🇳 Indian Independence 💔 Partition Of India 🏛️ Secular Nationalism ☪️ Indian Muslims 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Unity

India Wins Freedom

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

by Abul Kalam Azad 1978 297 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Independence 💔 Partition Of India 🏛️ Secular Nationalism ☪️ Indian Muslims 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Unity

Catching the Big Fish

by David Lynch • 2006

David Lynch's creative secret isn't a technique; it's a twice-daily trip beneath the surface.

3.77

20k+

🧘 Transcendental Meditation 🎬 Filmmaking Philosophy 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Creative Blocks 🎨 Artist's Journey

Catching the Big Fish

David Lynch's creative secret isn't a technique; it's a twice-daily trip beneath the surface.

by David Lynch 2006 181 pages

3.77

20k+ ratings

🧘 Transcendental Meditation 🎬 Filmmaking Philosophy 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Creative Blocks 🎨 Artist's Journey

Bad Habits

by Jenny McCarthy • 2012

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

3.61

1k+

⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

Bad Habits

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

by Jenny McCarthy 2012 222 pages

3.61

1k+ ratings

⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

Molly's Game

by Molly Bloom • 2014

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

3.84

24k+

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

Molly's Game

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

by Molly Bloom 2014 272 pages

3.84

24k+ ratings

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

The Salt Path

by Raynor Winn • 2018

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

3.93

100k+

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

The Salt Path

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

by Raynor Winn 2018 288 pages

3.93

100k+ ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

A Long Way Gone

by Ishmael Beah • 2007

The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.

4.16

100k+

🪖 Child Soldiers 🌍 African Conflict 💔 War Trauma 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🩹 Post-Conflict Healing

A Long Way Gone

The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.

by Ishmael Beah 2007 229 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

🪖 Child Soldiers 🌍 African Conflict 💔 War Trauma 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🩹 Post-Conflict Healing

Becoming Trader Joe

by Joe Coulombe • 2021

A cult grocery chain built on high wages, tiny selection, and an allergy to advertising.

3.45

4k+

🏪 Retail Entrepreneurship 📖 Founder Memoir ↕️ Contrarian Business 👥 Employee Investment 🏴 Cult Brand

Becoming Trader Joe

A cult grocery chain built on high wages, tiny selection, and an allergy to advertising.

by Joe Coulombe 2021 288 pages

3.45

4k+ ratings

🏪 Retail Entrepreneurship 📖 Founder Memoir ↕️ Contrarian Business 👥 Employee Investment 🏴 Cult Brand

Walden or, Life in the Woods

by Henry David Thoreau • 1854

He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.

3.77

200k+

🏛️ Transcendentalism 🌲 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living 🧘 Solitude 🎯 Deliberate Living

Walden or, Life in the Woods

He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.

by Henry David Thoreau 1854 352 pages

3.77

200k+ ratings

🏛️ Transcendentalism 🌲 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living 🧘 Solitude 🎯 Deliberate Living

Zen in the Art of Writing

by Ray Bradbury • 1973

Write from obsession, trust the subconscious, and kill the inner critic before it speaks.

4.08

21k+

✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Writing Life 🎨 Creative Practice 🚫 Anti-Perfectionism 😄 Joy Of Writing

Zen in the Art of Writing

Write from obsession, trust the subconscious, and kill the inner critic before it speaks.

by Ray Bradbury 1973 176 pages

4.08

21k+ ratings

✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Writing Life 🎨 Creative Practice 🚫 Anti-Perfectionism 😄 Joy Of Writing

The Radium Girls

by Kate Moore • 2016

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

4.16

100k+

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

The Radium Girls

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

by Kate Moore 2016 479 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader

by Peter L. Brandt • 2011

21 weeks of trades: a veteran's journal where risk management and psychology beat chart reading.

3.84

306

📈 Commodity Trading 📖 Trading Memoirs 📊 Chart Patterns 🛡️ Risk Management ⚖️ Position Sizing

Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader

21 weeks of trades: a veteran's journal where risk management and psychology beat chart reading.

by Peter L. Brandt 2011 304 pages

3.84

306 ratings

📈 Commodity Trading 📖 Trading Memoirs 📊 Chart Patterns 🛡️ Risk Management ⚖️ Position Sizing

The Third Eye

by T. Lobsang Rampa • 1958

Destined for the lamasery, a Tibetan boy undergoes an ancient operation granting clairvoyant sight.

3.96

4k+

🛕 Tibetan Buddhism 📜 Esoteric Memoir 👁️ Clairvoyance 🧘 Spiritual Mentorship 🏔️ Lost Homeland

The Third Eye

Destined for the lamasery, a Tibetan boy undergoes an ancient operation granting clairvoyant sight.

by T. Lobsang Rampa 1958 224 pages

3.96

4k+ ratings

🛕 Tibetan Buddhism 📜 Esoteric Memoir 👁️ Clairvoyance 🧘 Spiritual Mentorship 🏔️ Lost Homeland

Permanent Record

by Edward Snowden • 2019

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

4.3

59k+

🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

Permanent Record

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

by Edward Snowden 2019 339 pages

4.3

59k+ ratings

🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

Man Enough

by Justin Baldoni • 2021

He had the fame, the abs, and the misery. Change began when he stopped performing.

4.07

4k+

💣 Deconstructing Masculinity ❤️‍🩹 Men And Emotions 🪞 Male Body Image 👨‍👧 Modern Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Healing

Man Enough

He had the fame, the abs, and the misery. Change began when he stopped performing.

by Justin Baldoni 2021 364 pages

4.07

4k+ ratings

💣 Deconstructing Masculinity ❤️‍🩹 Men And Emotions 🪞 Male Body Image 👨‍👧 Modern Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Healing

How to Be Rich

by J. Paul Getty • 1965

An oil tycoon's manual for building wealth the old-fashioned way: work, thrift, and nerve.

4.07

1k+

💰 Wealth Building 📈 Profit Mindset 📊 Value Investing 🏢 Executive Leadership 📚 Business Classics

How to Be Rich

An oil tycoon's manual for building wealth the old-fashioned way: work, thrift, and nerve.

by J. Paul Getty 1965 224 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

💰 Wealth Building 📈 Profit Mindset 📊 Value Investing 🏢 Executive Leadership 📚 Business Classics

Infantry Attacks

by Erwin Rommel • 2006

A WWI officer's memoir that became a tactical bible: terrain and initiative decide every firefight.

4.2

3k+

🎖️ World War I 🗺️ Military Tactics 🪖 Infantry Warfare 📖 Combat Memoir 🫡 Small Unit Leadership

Infantry Attacks

A WWI officer's memoir that became a tactical bible: terrain and initiative decide every firefight.

by Erwin Rommel 2006 265 pages

4.2

3k+ ratings

🎖️ World War I 🗺️ Military Tactics 🪖 Infantry Warfare 📖 Combat Memoir 🫡 Small Unit Leadership

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States

by V.P. Menon • 1956

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

4.36

294

🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification 🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft 📖 Insider History

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

by V.P. Menon 1956 511 pages

4.36

294 ratings

🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification 🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft 📖 Insider History

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis • 1961

A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.

4.22

97k+

🖤 Spousal Bereavement 🕊️ Widowhood 📓 Grief Journals 🙏 Faith And Doubt ⚖️ Theodicy

A Grief Observed

A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.

by C.S. Lewis 1961 76 pages

4.22

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The Road Ahead

by Bill Gates • 1995

In 1995, Bill Gates mapped the digital future: commerce, education, and homes that recognize you.

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The Road Ahead

In 1995, Bill Gates mapped the digital future: commerce, education, and homes that recognize you.

by Bill Gates 1995 304 pages

3.74

4k+ ratings

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Run Baby Run

by Nicky Cruz • 1969

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

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Run Baby Run

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

by Nicky Cruz 1969 352 pages

4.24

16k+ ratings

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50/50

by Dean Karnazes • 2008

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

3.78

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50/50

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

by Dean Karnazes 2008 333 pages

3.78

4k+ ratings

👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

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